Posts from the ‘Communications and Marketing’ Category

Not a Program, It’s a Lifestyle

Posted September 1st, 2010 Leave A Comment

The word “program” in a church can mean a lot of different things and evoke a lot of different responses. Generally speaking, the Builder generation preferred programs, the Boomer generation offers mixed reviews and Busters and Millennials have an aversion to them…

Retarded Grandparents

Posted August 15th, 2010 Leave A Comment

Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center (Classic humor: written by a third grader on what his grandparents do.) After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the following: “We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live [...]

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Survey Template for 50+ Ministries

Posted May 3rd, 2010 Leave A Comment

Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center Use this survey to get honest opinions from the members of your church 50+. Use the insights gained to find weak spots in your ministry offerings and engage members in the improvement process.

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Simon of Cyrene

Posted April 15th, 2010 Leave A Comment

A Lenten Meditation from Daniel Potts: Why me?
In all this faceless wall of flesh, that marks His march of death, why must I bear the load of One, condemned to hang upon the Skull?

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Antiquing

Posted April 15th, 2010 Leave A Comment

Don Hinkle Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center “Antiquing,” the lady said on TV, “saved my life!” That’ll get your attention. At least it sure got mine. I was drifting through the stages of a lazy Memorial Day Monday afternoon when I heard the phrase. My oldest daughter had turned on a PBS [...]

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The Price of Children

Posted March 14th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center DON’T QUIBBLE OVER THE CALCULATIONS, JUST HUG YOUR INVESTMENTS The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle-income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn’t even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn’t so bad [...]

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Seven Wonders of the World

Posted January 18th, 2010 Leave A Comment

by John Coulombe Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center Thanksgiving is Always in Season As the story goes, a group of students were asked to write down what they thought were the present “Seven Wonders of the World.” This was their list: Egypt’s Great Pyramids, Taj Mahal, Grand Canyon, Panama Canal, Empire State Building, St. Peter’s Basilica, China’s Great [...]

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Christmas

Posted January 18th, 2010 Leave A Comment

Don’t Be Afraid! John Coulombe, Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center The first word that comes to mind when pondering the Christmas story would appear to be joy—not fear. Yet doing a little review of the story reveals quite the opposite! An angel appears to Zacharias the priest, soon to be father of John [...]

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More Coming Soon…

Posted January 18th, 2009 Leave A Comment

Stay tuned to gocasa.org for more content in the coming months.

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